American student Otto Warmbier -- detained in North Korea for 17 months -- dies
June 19, 2017
The American student who was imprisoned in North Korea for more than 17 months and was returned home to Ohio last week, has died, his family said in a statement Monday afternoon.
"It is our sad duty to report that our son, Otto Warmbier, has completed his journey home," his family said in part in a statement. "Surrounded by his loving family, Otto died today at 2:20 p.m."